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Author | : Christopher P. Momany |
Publisher | : Wipf and Stock Publishers |
Total Pages | : 163 |
Release | : 2023-07-14 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 166674462X |
What motivates people to work for justice? Recent studies have moved away from an emphasis on specific principles and toward an understanding of social and cultural forces. But what about times in history when distinct ideas were critical for positive change? The pre-Civil War abolitionist movement represents one such time. During an era when race-based slavery was buttressed by the machinery of civil law, many people developed arguments for freedom and equity that were grounded in divine law. There were Methodist witnesses for justice who lived by this distinction between civil and godly authority. While Methodism, as an institution, betrayed its founding opposition to slavery, many within the movement expressed a prophetic vision. A vibrant counterculture borrowed from Scripture and modern philosophy to argue for a “higher law” of justice. The world-changing ideas that overcame slavery in America were not disembodied and ethereal. They were mediated through the lives of multidimensional individuals. Sojourner Truth, Luther Lee, Laura Haviland, Henry Bibb, and Gilbert Haven were very different from one another. Yet they were animated by similar ideas, grounded in faith, and shaped by a common commitment to human rights.
Author | : John Neffinger |
Publisher | : Penguin |
Total Pages | : 306 |
Release | : 2014-05-27 |
Genre | : Psychology |
ISBN | : 0142181021 |
Required reading at Harvard Business School and Columbia Business School. Everyone wants to be more appealing and effective, but few believe we can manage the personal magnetism of a Bill Clinton or an Oprah Winfrey. John Neffinger and Matthew Kohut trace the path to influence through a balance of strength (the root of respect) and warmth (the root of affection). Each seems simple, but only a few of us figure out the tricky task of projecting both at once. Drawing on cutting-edge social science research as well as their own work with Fortune 500 executives, members of Congress, TED speakers, and Nobel Prize winners, Neffinger and Kohut reveal how we size each other up—and how we can learn to win the admiration, respect, and affection we desire.
Author | : Tom Shroder |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 331 |
Release | : 2011-05-17 |
Genre | : Body, Mind & Spirit |
ISBN | : 0743218922 |
A riveting firsthand account of one man’s mission to investigate and document some of the most astonishing phenomena of our time—children who speak of past life memory and reincarnation. All across the globe, small children spontaneously speak of previous lives, beg to be taken “home,” pine for mothers and husbands and mistresses from another life, and know things that there seems to be no normal way for them to know. From the moment these children can talk, they speak of people and events from the past—not vague stories of centuries ago, but details of specific, identifiable individuals who may have died just months, weeks, or even hours before the birth of the child in question. For thirty-seven years, Dr. Ian Stevenson has traveled the world from Lebanon to suburban Virginia investigating and documenting more than two thousand of these past life memory cases. Now, his essentially unknown work is being brought to the mainstream by Tom Shroder, the first journalist to have the privilege of accompanying Dr. Stevenson in his fieldwork. Shroder follows Stevenson into the lives of children and families touched by this phenomenon, changing from skeptic to believer as he comes face-to-face with concrete evidence he cannot discount in this spellbinding and true story.
Author | : Mark Dever |
Publisher | : Crossway |
Total Pages | : 144 |
Release | : 2015-04-16 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 1433543575 |
The local church is meant to embody the vibrant diversity of the global church, transcending racial, cultural, and economic boundaries. Yet local churches too often simply reflect the same societal divisions prevalent in our world today—making them more akin to social clubs filled with like-minded people than the supernatural community the New Testament prescribes. Pastors Mark Dever and Jamie Dunlop argue that authentic fellowship is made up of two crucial ingredients: commitment (depth) and diversity (breadth). Theologically rooted yet extremely practical, this book sets forth basic principles that will help pastors guide their churches toward the compelling community that we all long for.
Author | : Hans Holzer |
Publisher | : McGraw-Hill |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1994 |
Genre | : Future life |
ISBN | : 9780809235773 |
Life Beyond offers intriguing and revealing proof that death is not the final stage but merely a passageway to new lives beyond.
Author | : Jo Walton |
Publisher | : Macmillan + ORM |
Total Pages | : 275 |
Release | : 2014-05-20 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 1466800798 |
It's 2015, and Patricia Cowan is very old. "Confused today," read the notes clipped to the end of her bed. She forgets things she should know-what year it is, major events in the lives of her children. But she remembers things that don't seem possible. She remembers marrying Mark and having four children. And she remembers not marrying Mark and raising three children with Bee instead. She remembers the bomb that killed President Kennedy in 1963, and she remembers Kennedy in 1964, declining to run again after the nuclear exchange that took out Miami and Kiev. Her childhood, her years at Oxford during the Second World War-those were solid things. But after that, did she marry Mark or not? Did her friends all call her Trish, or Pat? Had she been a housewife who escaped a terrible marriage after her children were grown, or a successful travel writer with homes in Britain and Italy? And the moon outside her window: does it host a benign research station, or a command post bristling with nuclear missiles? Two lives, two worlds, two versions of modern history; each with their loves and losses, their sorrows and triumphs. Jo Walton's My Real Children is the tale of both of Patricia Cowan's lives...and of how every life means the entire world. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Author | : David Popenoe |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 296 |
Release | : 1996 |
Genre | : Children of single parents |
ISBN | : 0684822970 |
The author of Disturbing the Nest: Famiy Change and Decline in Modern Society reveals how the disintegration of the child-centered, two-parent family, and the weakening commitment of fathers to their children that usually follows, are a central cause of many of America's worst individual and social problems.
Author | : Meg Files |
Publisher | : Writer's Digest Books |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2002 |
Genre | : Authorship |
ISBN | : 9781582971544 |
Supplies writers working in any form with the inspiration and practical instruction they need to get their experiences and emotions on paper and into print.
Author | : Robert D. Gilbreath |
Publisher | : John Wiley & Sons |
Total Pages | : 226 |
Release | : 2007-04-10 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 0470088494 |
Advance praise for Compel: "For over thirty years, Mr. Gilbreath has wowed audiences with his dynamic presentations and influential books. For the first time, he is pulling away the curtain and revealing the underlying dynamics that have made him one of the most compelling speakers and authors of our generation." —Howard Drutman, PhD, clinical psychologist "Spend time with Bob Gilbreath and you'll see what 'compelling' looks like in person. Read this book and you'll see what it looks like on paper. In years past, Bob and I have shared the podium, coauthored a handbook, laughed hard, and had great fun working together. I've never had a more powerful thinking partner, and you won't find a more authoritative voice on how you can become more compelling yourself." —Price Pritchett, PhD, coauthor of High-Velocity Culture Change "There are very few writers who can do what Bob Gilbreath does: take on this topic with proven experience and heartfelt, genuine intent. This book is compelling, offering literally hundreds of practical ideas to implement in everyday management situations." —Robin Jones, PhD, Global Business Strategy Leader, IBM Business Consulting Services "I have worked with Bob many times in my thirty-six-year professional consulting career. His presence and his ideas have always been compelling, and now I know why! If you need to get important things accomplished with and through others, this is the book for you. Be sure to have pen and paper ready from the start." —John D. Smith, former partner, Accenture
Author | : Mary M. Solberg |
Publisher | : SUNY Press |
Total Pages | : 256 |
Release | : 1997-01-01 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9780791433799 |
Asks what sorts and sources of knowing we should consider compelling as we seek to live morally responsible lives. Contends that Martin Luther's theology of the cross provides a solid theological and ethical basis for a surprisingly congenial conversation with feminist thought and scholarship on these issues.